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0 pointshowinteresting3y ago0 comments

Indoor masking is quite common in the SF Bay Area.

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It's a cult over there. They get guilted into feeling like bioterrorists if they don't.

Many people are prosocial and don't need to be guilted into things, unlike what conservatives think.

This is not true. Most people I know and I don’t wear masks regularly anymore, except for special cases. And no one has ever guilted me for it.

There are certain places where many people are masked, so I might wear one to be polite.

slaw3y ago

I would rather call it religion, they really believe in masks.

TaylorAlexander3y ago

I live in the SF Bay Area. Yes you will always see masks but I’m surprised how many people you see who don’t wear them.

howinterestingOP3y ago

Yeah, that's definitely true. At the grocery store near me (bougie area, a lot of older people) I see maybe 50-60% of people masked.

On the other hand, now that I'm quadruple vaccinated and use an N95 I'm not overly bothered by people not wearing masks around me.

ghaff3y ago

And that's shockingly high for Massachusetts where it's probably less than 1% in general--outside of healthcare settings and probably a few percent higher on public transit.

mistrial93y ago

yes and, you see "social signal" surgical masks and also clinical N-95 variations.. personally I do wear the N-95 at the grocery store at this time. I throw them out after a few weeks of use and use a new one. A box of ten is about $15 at a local hardware store near me.

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TurkishPoptart3y ago

It's a cult over there. They get guilted into feeling like bioterrorists if they don't.

howinterestingOP3y ago

Many people are prosocial and don't need to be guilted into things, unlike what conservatives think.

jacobjjacob3y ago

This is not true. Most people I know and I don’t wear masks regularly anymore, except for special cases. And no one has ever guilted me for it.

There are certain places where many people are masked, so I might wear one to be polite.

slaw3y ago

I would rather call it religion, they really believe in masks.

TaylorAlexander3y ago

I live in the SF Bay Area. Yes you will always see masks but I’m surprised how many people you see who don’t wear them.

howinterestingOP3y ago

Yeah, that's definitely true. At the grocery store near me (bougie area, a lot of older people) I see maybe 50-60% of people masked.

On the other hand, now that I'm quadruple vaccinated and use an N95 I'm not overly bothered by people not wearing masks around me.

ghaff3y ago

And that's shockingly high for Massachusetts where it's probably less than 1% in general--outside of healthcare settings and probably a few percent higher on public transit.

mistrial93y ago

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